Road-wagon



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' 0. W. SALADEE'.

ROAD WAGON.

No. 434,300. atented Aug. 12, 1890.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CYRUS WV. SALADEE, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

ROAD-WAGON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 434,300, dated August 12, 1890.

Application filed April 1, 1890. Serial No. 346,218. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CYRUS W. SALADEE, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Cleveland, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Road-VVago'ns, whereof the following is a. specification.

The object of this invention is to produce a road-Wagon for runabout and light business purposes generally that will admit of the application of a wide body, hung low, and at the same time admit of the short turning of such vehicle; and it consists in having the front end of the body supported upon aspringplatform provided with a fifthqvheel or kingbolt device secured to the bottom of the body, and side springs radially extended therefrom to the axle at widely-separated points, and the same in combination with a rear platform adapted to carry the hind end of the body, consisting of duplex springs arranged parallel to and on opposite sides of the axle, having their terminal eyes suspended from the opposite ends of side bars or bearings supported upon and in transverse position to the axle at or near its opposite-shoulders; as also to provide improved means whereby to secure the forward ends of the radially-extended side springs of the front platform to the axle; a new and improved method for the support of the vrear portion of the segment-plate carrying the inner ends of the side springs of the front platform, and a novel mode of attaching the middle portion of the side bars of the rear platform to the hind axle, all as hereinafter inore fully set forth, and as pointedout in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a complete road-wagon, wherein is represented the several features of my invention. Fig. 2 isa top or plan view of one end of the front axle in dotted lines, showing an improved method for attaching the front ends of the radially-extended springs thereto. Fig. 3 is a top or plan view of the rear axle in dotted lines, showing the improved device whereby the side bars sustaining the duplex springs are secured to said axle.

In this novel combination of front and rear spring-platforms adapted to support the opposite ends of the body, whereby to admit of hanging the latter low down and secure'the for patents now pending, or those seen in my patents Nos. 111,732 and 418,753, and for the rear platform preferably the one seen in my patent No. 345,17 9. In this instance I secure the front ends of the side springs A to the axle by means of a spring-seat L, Fig. 2, which may be rigidly bolted or clipped to the axle at suchangle in relation to the latter as may be required by the radial position of the springs A, and the latter secured thereon, as at A, Figs. 5 and 6; but as a means for the more convenient and secure attachment of this spring-seat L to the axle I form integral therewith the bed-plate L, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, and secure the latter to the axle by clips S and 7. This spring-seat may be of wrought or malleable iron. By this construction of said spring-seat the front end of the side springs may be left perfectly straight, and but a single hole 5 at the extreme point of the spring is requisite, while the clip 6 firmly secures the spring to the seat without any hole being pierced through the springplate at that point. Furthermore the top face of this seat L may be made to conform with the lower face of the spring-plate in contact therewith, thereby avoiding the necessity of twisting or bending the front ends of said radially-extended springs A, as otherwise would be required at thispoint. The frictionbearing H, Fig. 1, in this instance differs from any of those seen in either of my pending applications in this, that the friction-roller H, supporting the rear portion of the segment-plate H, to which latter the inner ends of the side springs A are secured, is made in the form of a globe or ball pierced bythe bolt J, which latter is supported in the bracket I, suspended from the bottom of the body, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, whereby to diminish friction between said bearings. The bracket I in this instance is made preferably of one piece of metal in the form seen in the draw- 4, Fig. 3. This face-plate may be of or malleable iron.

\Vithout limiting my claims to the precise arrangment of the several parts shown and described, I claim- 1. In combination with the front springplatform described, the diagonally-arranged spring-seat L, placed in the angle relative to the axle, dictated by theradial position of the side springs A, said spring-seat being rigidly secured to the axle and adapted to support the front ends of the side springs, substantially as set forth.

2. In combination with the diagonally-arranged spring-seat described, a bed-plate L, integral with said seat, whereby to rigidly clip the latter to the axle, substantially as shown and described.

3. In arear spring-platform of the character described, the combination, with the axle E,

w 1'0 11 ght side bars B,and duplex springs C G,of a faceplate D, adapted to support thereon side bars B, and a bed-plate D, integral with-said faceplate, whereby to secure the latter to the axle, substantially as shown and described.

4. In a front spring-platform of the character described, the combination, with side springs A, that are radially extended from a segmentplate H secured to the bottom of the body by a fifth-wheel device, of a globe or ball roller H pierced by the transverse bolt J,

which latter is supported in a bracket sus pended from the bottom frame of the body, and said ball being adapted to support the rear portion of said segment-plate, substantially as shown and described.

CYRUS \V. SALADEE. Witnesses:

J. A. GRAIN, A. S. BENT. 

